Self-leveling and adjustable berth, &amp;c., for ships.



No. 694,214. Patented Feb. 25, I902. C. ST. HILAIRE.

SELF LEVELING AND ADJUSTABLE BEBTH, &c., FOR SHIPS.

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SELF LEVELING AND ADJUSTABLE BERTH, &.c., FOR SHIPS.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OAMILLE sT. IILAIR,

OF WILSON, MICHIGAN.

SPECIFIATJON forming part cf Letters ratent No. 694,214, l t February 25, 1962.

Application filed April 20, 1901 T (bZZ w7w7n it may conccrn:

Bc it known that I, CAMILLE ST. HILAIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vilson, in the county of Menominee, State of Michigan, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Preventers of Seasickmess; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for preven ting seasickness; and it has for its object to provide in connection with a vessel mcans for suspending the difierent articles of furnitnre so that they may not have the same 1novement as if they were fixed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the inclination of a chair, a bed,or a hammock may be varied to suit the pleasures of the occupant, additional objects and advantages of the invention being apparent from the followingdescription.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate simlar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a chair suspended tronc its hanger. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 1 and showing the chair in its tilred position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a hammock suspended from the style of hanger shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view showin g a bed snspended from a hanger such as shown in Fig. 1, the bed-clothing being removed to show the means for shifting the longitudinal and transverse inclinations of the bed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a dififerent form of hanger and with abed suspended therefrom.

Referring 110W to the drawings, and more particularly t0 Figs. 1 and 2, there is shown a chair 10, to which are secured the ends of the arms 11 of a spider-fiance, said arms having connecting-webs 12, to which is attached a plate 13, having spaced hooks 14. A hanger is provided and consists of a plate 15, having depending brackets 16, in which is pivotally monnted a horizontal shaft 18, having a depending central port-ion 19, through whichis passed a transverse rod 20, projecting at both sides thcreot. -The rod 20 is adapted for en; gagement by the spaced hooks on the plate of the spider-trame that is connected to the chair, so that the chair may have both forward and lateral swinging movement.

Tl1e hooks above referred to are adapted for limited sliding novement on the bar with which they are engaged, and u pon reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will he noted that if the hooks be shifted to one limit of their movement 111e chair will assume a position which is inclined at an angle to the position assumed when the books are at the opposite limit of their movement. In this way the inclination ofthe chair may be varied to suit the pleasure of the occupant.

In Fig. 3 of the draWings there is shown a spider -frame 20, having a bock-plate 21, provided with spaced hooks 22 for engagement With the bar of the suspending device or hanger, and at the lower ends of the arms of this frame are hooks 23. A hammock 24has rollers 25 and 26 engagedwith its ends and which rollers are provided with trunnions for engagement With the hooks of the frame to hold the hammock in operative position. The trunnions of one roller are fiattened and when engaged with their hooks and held against rotation one end of the hammock may be wound upon this foller to'increase the tension of the hammock, and the squared trunnions may be then engaged With the hooks to prevent unwinding. The hammock, as Will be readily understood, is thus adapted for lateral and longitudinal swinging movement, while the inclination of the hammock in a longitudinal plane may be varied by shifting the hooks of the spider-frame along the bar of the hanger.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings a spider- .frame 30 is shown similar to that shown in Fig. 3 and having a plate 31 at its central portion provided with spaced hooks 32 for engagement over the bar 33 of the hanger. The ends of the arms of the spider-frame are attached to the corners of the bed-frame, and when the device is hung in its normal position this bed-frame lies horizontally.

In the bed-frame is disposed the usual mattress. A rod 35 is disposed transvcrsely of weights of the occupants, sothat thebed may the bed and connected at its ends with the mattress-frame 36, and on this rod is slidably disposed a weight 36, having cords 37 and 38 attached thereto and which cords are taken through guides and depend from the same side of the bed, these guides (sh'own at 39 and 40) being so disposed that if one cord is pulled the weight Will move to one end of the rod and if the other cord is pulled the weight Will move to the other end of the rod. Thns if two persons occnpy the bed and one is lighter than the other the weight may be shifted t0 compensate for the difference between the lie horizontal.

In order that the inclination of the bed may be varied to raise and lower the head lhereof, a second rod 41 is proVided and is connected at one end to the lower end of the bedframe or foot of the bed-frame or mattressframe, and the other end thereof is attached t0 a transverse bar 43, secured to the sides of the mattress-frame. On the bar 41 is slidably disposed a weight 44, which when moved to the foot end of the bar acts to depress the foot of the bed and raise the head thereof. \Vhen' the weight is moved in the opposite direction, the head of the bed sinks and the foot thereofriscs. Cords 45 and 46 are attached to the weight, and by operation of these cords, which are passed throngh suitable guides, the weight may be shifted to vary the inclination of the bed.

A second form of hanger is provided for the bed and consists of a plate 50, having depending spaced brackets 51, in which are rotatably mounted the trunnions 52 of a block 53, having additional trnnnions 54 at right angles to the first-named trunnions. The hooks of the hanging frame of the bed'are engaged with these second trunnions and by contact with the body of the block are prevented from movement longitndinally of the trnnnions.

shaft, and lyi ng at right angles thereto, a

plate having hooks engaged slidably and pivotally with the second shaft, a spider connected with the bock-plate and comprising two pairs of arms having terminal hooks, a roller having trunnions engaged with the hooks of one pair of arms, a second roller having angular trnnnions engaged removably with the hooks of the other pair of arms to be held against rotation thereby, and a fabric connecting the rollers, whereby the tension 01' the fabric may be adjusted.

2. The combination with a vessel of a pivoted shaft, a frame pivotally connected with the shatt for movement in a plane at right angles to the pivotal movement of the shaft, said frame being shiftable with respect to the shaft in a plane at right angles thereto to shift its center of gravity, and a passengerreceptacle carried by the frame.

3. A deviee of the class described comprising a hanger including a plate havingdepending spaced ears provided with bearings, a shaft monnted in the bearings, a second shaft carried by the first shaf t at right angles thereto, a plate having spaced upwardly-directed hooks engaged slidably and pivotally with the second shaft, a spider connected to the plate and a passenger-receptacle attached to the spider. V

la testimony Whereof I hereunto sign my name, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on the 25th day of February, 1901.

. CAMILLE S'I. HILAIRE.

Witnesses:

RALPH PRINCE, A. J. DEMERS. 

